62-Mile 1974 Plymouth ‘Cuda “Graveyard Carz” Collection – Unsold NOS Example

There are Low Miles No Miles cars...and then there are automobiles whose histories are so improbable that simply calling them "survivors" doesn't do them justice.

This 1974 Plymouth ’Cuda 360 is one of those cars.

Finished in factory TX9 Black with a Black vinyl top and White longitudinal stripe, this final-year ’Cuda shows just 62 miles and spent approximately 52 years preserved indoors alongside its sequential-VIN companion.

It was never retailed to a customer when new.

It was never titled to a retail owner.

It was never restored.

And according to the history accompanying these cars, the pair represents the only known unsold new-old-stock 1974 ’Cudas in existence.

Its sequential companion—the 6-mile FE5 Rallye Red ’Cuda ending in VIN 039—is being offered separately by Low Miles No Miles, with the two auctions scheduled to conclude approximately 30 minutes apart.

Vehicle Overview

Finished in TX9 Black with a Black vinyl top and White longitudinal stripe, this 1974 Plymouth ’Cuda is powered by its original 360 cubic-inch High Output V8 paired with a Slap Stick automatic transmission. The odometer currently shows just 62 miles.

Factory optional equipment includes air conditioning, power steering, power disc brakes, a Sure Grip rear axle, bucket seats, and a center console.

The car retains its original paint, original drivetrain, original window sticker still affixed to the passenger-side door glass, original build sheet, and original keys.

But perhaps the most fascinating detail is inside.

This ’Cuda was factory coded for a Black interior.

It didn't get one.

The factory installed White seating instead.

When the discrepancy was discovered, the dealer ordered a complete set of correct Black front and rear seat covers from Mopar. More than five decades later, they have still never been installed.

Those date-code-correct replacement covers remain sealed in their original Mopar wrappers and are included with the car.

It's the kind of assembly-line mistake that would normally have disappeared during dealer preparation.

Instead, the mistake—and its original factory-authorized solution—survived together.

Story

The story of this ’Cuda begins with Fred Ditman, owner of Ditman Motors in Baytown, Texas.

In the spring of 1974, Plymouth dealers learned that production of the E-body ’Cuda was coming to an end.

Fred understood what that meant.

He attempted to order two new ’Cudas directly from Plymouth, only to learn that the factory was no longer accepting orders.

Rather than give up, he began contacting other dealers around Houston and eventually located two cars through River Oaks Chrysler Plymouth at 4807 Kirby Drive in Houston, Texas.

One was FE5 Rallye Red.

The other was this TX9 Black example.

Their VINs were sequential: BS23L4B271039 and BS23L4B271040.

Their Dealer Demo Plates were sequential as well.

Whether Fred acquired them through a dealer trade, outright purchase, or some combination of the two is no longer known.

But he got his cars.

And rather than selling them, he saved them.

The pair was placed into indoor storage at Ditman Motors, where they remained together for approximately 52 years before finally emerging in January 2026.

The Red car accumulated only 6 miles.

This Black car accumulated only 62.

More than half a century later, the two still survive together.

The Interior That Wasn't Supposed to Be There

Every great preservation car has details that tell its story.

This one has a factory mistake.

Documentation accompanying the ’Cuda confirms it was coded for Black seats, yet somewhere along the assembly line, White seats were installed instead.

The dealer caught it.

A complete replacement set of the proper Black seat covers was ordered through Mopar.

And then something remarkable happened.

Nobody installed them.

The White interior stayed in the car, while the correct Black covers were put away.

Today, those replacement covers remain sealed inside their original, date-code-correct Mopar packaging.

For collectors obsessed with assembly-line details, it is difficult to imagine a better artifact.

You don't simply have evidence of how the car was supposed to be built.

You have the car exactly as it was mistakenly built—and the unused period-correct parts ordered to fix it.

Condition

Preservation, not restoration, is the story here.

The TX9 Black exterior retains its original paint, while the vinyl top, stripe, interior, drivetrain, and countless details remain as they have for decades.

Natural age and patina are visible underneath after approximately 52 years of indoor storage. Those characteristics have not been erased through restoration or cosmetic refinishing.

The original radiator was removed to repair several small leaks by soldering, after which it was meticulously repainted to a correct factory appearance and reinstalled.

Otherwise, the seller reports no known mechanical issues.

The engine runs, the brakes function, and the transmission engages. The air conditioning has also been charged with R-12 refrigerant and blows cold.

This car isn't significant because somebody made it look new again.

It's significant because nobody had to.

Highlights

• 62 miles shown
• Final-year 1974 Plymouth ’Cuda
• Original 360ci High Output V8
• Slap Stick automatic transmission
• Sure Grip rear axle
• TX9 Black exterior
• Black vinyl top
• White longitudinal stripe
• Factory-installed White bucket-seat interior
• Factory coded for Black seating
• Correct Black seat covers included
• Replacement covers remain sealed in original date-code-correct Mopar wrappers
• Factory air conditioning
• Power steering
• Power disc brakes
• Original paint
• Original drivetrain
• Original build sheet
• Original window sticker still affixed to passenger-side glass
• Original keys
• Approximately 52 years of indoor preservation
• Sequential VIN to the 6-mile FE5 Rallye Red ’Cuda
• Sequential Dealer Demo Plate history
• Clean title

The Sequential Twin

The number immediately before this car's VIN belongs to another extraordinary 1974 ’Cuda.

BS23L4B271039.

Six miles.

FE5 Rallye Red.

And preserved beside this car for approximately 52 years.

The two share the same remarkable story, but Low Miles No Miles is offering each car individually rather than requiring a bidder to purchase both.

The auctions are planned to conclude approximately 30 minutes apart.

That gives each ’Cuda the opportunity to stand on its own while still leaving the door open for one collector to acquire both and preserve the sequential pair together.

For someone who believes these cars belong together after more than half a century side by side, that opportunity remains.

Letter From The LMNM Team

How do you follow a 6-mile, never-sold 1974 ’Cuda?

With the very next VIN.

When we first learned the story behind these two cars, the mileage was almost difficult to process.

Six miles on one.

Sixty-two on the other.

Sequential VINs.

Sequential Dealer Demo Plates.

And more than five decades spent together.

But as we've dug deeper, we've realized the mileage isn't even our favorite part.

It's the details.

The Red car gives us an extraordinary look at a ’Cuda that never went through normal dealer preparation.

The Black car tells a completely different story.

Somebody on the assembly line got the seats wrong.

Normally, that's a footnote that disappears the moment a dealer corrects it.

Not here.

The dealer ordered the correct Black covers, but for whatever reason, they were never installed. The White seats stayed exactly where Chrysler put them, and the Black covers remained sealed in their Mopar wrappers.

More than five decades later, they're still together.

That's incredible.

These two ’Cudas also come to LMNM from Mark Worman of Graveyard Carz. If you know Mopars, you know Mark. He has spent decades studying, restoring, and preserving Chrysler history, which makes him a fitting caretaker for a pair this extraordinary. Mark understands just how important the smallest factory details are on cars like these, and we're incredibly proud that he has trusted Low Miles No Miles to tell their story and bring both ’Cudas to auction.

There is a temptation with historically important cars to improve them. Make the paint shinier. Clean the underside. Correct the mistakes.

These cars remind us why sometimes the best thing you can do is absolutely nothing.

The mistake is part of the history.

The aging is part of the history.

The paperwork is part of the history.

And most importantly, these two cars being together is part of the history.

That's why we wanted to structure these auctions the way we did.

Each car deserves to be judged individually. Each deserves its own spotlight.

But after surviving side by side since 1974, we also wanted to give someone the opportunity to keep them together.

So we're ending the auctions approximately 30 minutes apart.

Maybe they go to two different collections.

Maybe one bidder decides that VIN 039 and VIN 040 have spent too long together to separate them now.

Either way, we're incredibly proud that LMNM gets to tell their story.

We've said it a thousand times:

They're only original once.

These two ’Cudas may be the most literal examples of that philosophy we've ever encountered.